The Edinburgh Painter was an

Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a '' loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. It is also known as a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because they fill the space between the ceiling of a building's t ...

black-figure Black-figure pottery painting (also known as black-figure style or black-figure ceramic; ) is one of the styles of Ancient Greek vase painting, painting on pottery of ancient Greece, antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th a ...

vase painter, active around 500 BC. His speciality was

white-ground White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Pottery of ancient Greece, Greek pottery and the Greek vase painting, painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC. It was ...

lekythoi A lekythos (; : lekythoi) is a type of ancient Greek vessel used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel, and is thus a narrow type of jug, with no pouring lip; the oinochoe is ...

'' painted in the black-figure style. His real name is unknown. His conventional name is derived from his

name vase In classical archaeology, a name vase is a specific "vase"In the study of ancient Greek pottery a "vase" is a general term covering all pottery shapes. whose painter's name is unknown but whose workshop style has been identified. The painter is c ...

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

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1956.436.

Gallery

Image:NAMA Pélée, Achille & Chiron.jpg, ''Lekythos'', Peleas, Achilles and Cheiron,

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

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550 Image:NAMA Thésée & taureau.jpg, ''Lekythos'',

Theseus Theseus (, ; ) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur. The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages. Theseus is sometimes desc ...

and the bull, Athens, National Museum 1124 Image:NAMA Ulysse & sirène 1.jpg, ''Lekythos'',

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and a siren, Athens, National Museum 1130 Image:Edinburgh P 1872.23.12.JPG,

Name vase In classical archaeology, a name vase is a specific "vase"In the study of ancient Greek pottery a "vase" is a general term covering all pottery shapes. whose painter's name is unknown but whose workshop style has been identified. The painter is c ...

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MoS 1872.23.12

Bibliography

* C. H. Emilie Haspels: ''Attic black-figured lekythoi'', Paris 1936, p. 86-89. 215-221. *

John Beazley Sir John Davidson Beazley (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was professor of classical archaeology and art at the U ...

: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 476-480. * John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 159. *

Thomas Mannack Thomas Mannack (born in 1958) is a German classical archaeologist. Mannack obtained his doctorate in 1992 with at the University of Kiel. The thema of his dissertation was ''Beazleys spätere und späteste Manieristen''. The thesis was later p ...

: ''Haspels addenda: additional references to C. H. E. Haspels Attic black-figured Lekythoi''. Oxford 2006. , p.

External links

Vases by the Edinburgh Painter in Perseus

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